Scott Effross

BIOGRAPHY

Scott Effross was born December 28, 1993, in Twinsburg, Ohio. He is a pitcher in the MLB.

Effross was called up to the majors for the first time on August 28, 2021. He made his MLB debut on August 29, tossing 0.2 innings and allowing 2 runs against the Chicago White Sox.

In 2021 for the Cubs, Effross was 2-1 with a 3.68 ERA. He made 14 relief appearances covering 14.2 innings, in which he gave up one walk and had 18 strikeouts, and had an 0.955 WHIP.

In 2022 for the Cubs, before he was traded mid-season Effross was 1-4 with 13 holds, one save, and a 2.66 ERA, as in 47 games (2nd in the NL at the time of his trade) with one start he pitched 44 innings, with 11 walks and 50 strikeouts. He stranded 24 of 28 inherited runners (85.7%), the third-best rate in the NL. He had a WHIP of 1.068, gave up 7.4 hits per 9 innings, 2.3 walks per 9 innings, and had 10.2 strikeouts per 9 innings, while holding batters to a slash line of .220/.267/.299 (.167/.231/.292 with 2 outs and runners in scoring position). He was at the time in the top 5% of major league pitchers in keeping batters to a low barrel percentage, and inducing a high chase rate. He threw mostly an 80-mile-per-hour (130 km/h) sweeping slider and 90-mile-per-hour (140 km/h) biting sinker, with a less frequent 83-mile-per-hour (134 km/h) changeup and 91-mile-per-hour (146 km/h) 4-seam fastball.

On August 1, 2022, the Cubs traded Effross to the New York Yankees for pitcher Hayden Wesneski.